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Namco Cyber Lead

Namco's Cyber Lead cabinet is a weird sort of thing, with heaps of functionality. So much functionality that most owners will probably never use a lot of it. Like the LED display at the top of the cab, or the cabinet's link function for two player games. And all of these neat toys come with a new connector and pinout.

For the most part, all the connectors in the cabinet are one of two types, both made by AMP. The data communications are mostly EI series, and almost everything else is Universal Mate n Lock. Except the connectors on the power supply board, where there are two Molex Mini-Fit Jr.

AMP/TE EI Series (Comms)
Part No.
12-pin Housing 1-171822-2
10-pin Housing 1-171822-0
6-pin Housing 171822-6
2-pin Housing 172142-2
Receptacle Contact (26-20 AWG) 170262-1
Receptacle Contact (30-26 AWG) 170205-1
Molex Mini-Fit Jr. (PSU)
Part No.
6 Pin Housing 0039013065
8 Pin Housing 0039039082
Socket Contact 39000038
AMP/TE Mini-Universal Mate-N-Lok (Power)
Part No.
15 Pin Plug 172171-1
15 Pin Cap 172163-1
22-18 AWG Socket Contact 770988-1
22-18 AWG Plug Contact 770987-1
Namco recommends 22 AWG for comms, 18 AWG for power

Note: The Mini-Universal Mate-N-Lock connector can use either plug or socket connectors in both plug and cap housings. Pay close attention to which ones you need.


JVS CONV PCB

The JVS CONV board converts the cab's internal JVS communications to JAMMA for use with older boards. It is self contained, with a single JAMMA connector handling all player inputs, unless you need the 6th button, which requires the kick harness. It does a bunch of other things as well, like create an s-video output, lower the JAMMA spec video to VGA levels, manage stereo/mono sound, and so on.

N48 Harness Connector

It's called the N48 Harness according to Namco docs, so this is the N48 Harness Connector. It's labeled J104. It handles extra player buttons, as well as extra speaker outputs from the PCB.

TE AMP EI series 10 pin (1-171822-0)
AMP EI series 10-pin connector
Pin Function Pin Function
1 Speaker + 6 P1 Button 5
2 Speaker - 7 P2 Button 5
3 GND 8 P1 Button 6
4 P1 Button 4 9 P2 Button 6
5 P2 Button 4 10 GND

I/O & LED Board

This board is used twice in the Cyber Lead cab, once behind the control panel and again beneath the LED display at the top of the cabinet. The boards are identical but the connectors and components on them are different, so they're not interchangeable.

Player Controls

Pretty standard stuff here. Labeled J33 (P1) and J35, these are EI-series 12-pin connectors, used to connect all the signals from the control panel to the PCB. The pinout is the same for P1 and P2. The manual indicates a red connector is used for player 2.

TE AMP EI series 12 pin (1-171822-2)
AMP EI series 12-pin connector
Pin Function Pin Function
1 Up 7 Button 2
2 Down 8 Button 3
3 Left 9 Button 4
4 Right 10 Button 5
5 Start 11 Button 6
6 Button 1 12 GND

Coin Control

Labeled J38 on the board, this connector is wired to the coin input and counter. Despite having wiring for 2 coin slots, the Cyber Lead only has one coin input.

TE AMP EI series 6 pin (171822-6)
AMP EI series 6-pin connector
Pin Function Pin Function
1 GND 4 Counter 1
2 Coin 1 5 Counter 2
3 Coin 2 6 Service

Power

+5V is available from J31, using a 2-pin connector.

TE AMP EI series 2 pin (172142-2)
AMP EI series 2-pin connector
Pin Function Pin Function
1 +5V 2 GND

The key is sort of useless on a 2-pin connector so pay attention.

LED Panel

The connection to the LED panel itself, from the LED board beneath it, uses the same 10-pin connector as the N48 harness. It's a straight-through pinout, but if you want to know what the pins are:

TE AMP EI series 10 pin (1-171822-0)
AMP EI series 10-pin connector
Pin Function Pin Function
1 S-DATAR 6 X-LATCH
2 7 SCAN-CLK
3 S-CLK 8 YG
4 LED-ON 9 S-DATAG
5 LED-ENB 10

LED Serial Cable

The 6-pin mini-DIN plugs on the two boards are standard PC/Mac serial ports. You can buy a standard cable and plonk it in, or DIY for some reason.

It's a straight through configuration, except pins 2 and 3 (TX/RX) are swapped.


Joystick

While the manual indicates the default controller is a Seimitsu LS-56, the schematic (And many peoples' experience) suggests the actual stick was a somewhat rare LS-33 (or LS-33NA) with a pinout that doesn't match Seimitsu's normal connector.

The connector used for Sanwa and Seimitsu sticks is a JST NH-series 5-pin. The pinout for the LS-33 and the normal Seimitsu/Sanwa mechs are:

JST NH-series 5-pin connector

Pin LS-33 Seimitsu Sanwa
1 Down GND Up
2 Right Right Down
3 GND Left Left
4 Up Down Right
5 Left Up GND

The specific order for the Seimitsu and Sanwa sticks is fiendishly complicated because it's wholly dependent on orientation. If you mount your stick with the connector facing down, the only pin you can rely on is ground, the rest will change based on that orientation. As a result, I can't claim this is totally accurate, though I believe it is. There's a decent chance the Sanwa and Seimitsu pinouts are in reverse order, but since the connector can simply be flipped, it hardly matters.

The Namco pinout is correct, based on a connector on the RIGHT side, if you're looking from the top of the control panel. If you're looking at it from below, it'll be on the left side (P1 stick connector towards center of panel, P2 towards edge).

(Image shamelessly yanked from JST's documentation)

Part No.
Housing H5P-SHF-AA
Contact (28-22 AWG) SHF-001T-0.8BS
Contact (30-28 AWG) SHF-002T-0.8BS

Power Supply

There are two output connectors on the PSU, which are 8 and 6 pin Molex New Mini-Fit Jr connectors.

Molex Mini-Fit Jr 6 pin (0039013065)
Molex Mini-Fit Jr. 6P
Pin Function Pin Function Pin Function
1 2.5V 2 3.3V 3 5V
4 GND 5 GND 6 GND
Molex Mini-Fit Jr 6 pin (0039039082)
Molex Mini-Fit Jr. 8P
Pin Function Pin Function Pin Function Pin Function
1 2.5V 2 3.3V 3 5V 4 12V
6 GND 7 GND 7 GND 8 GND

Note: The 2.5V is not used. It's not known if the PSU actually puts out this Voltage.

Power

This plug connects the power cables from the PSU to the rest of the cabinet. The PSU itself has two plugs, which connect to this one, and from there to the rest of the cabinet.

AMP/TE Mini-Universal Mate-N-Lok 15 pin (172171-1)
AMP/TE Mini Universal Mate-N-Lok 15-pin connector
Pin Function Pin Function Pin Function Pin Function Pin Function
1 12V 2 12V 3 GND 4 GND 5 GND
6 3.3V 7 3.3V 8 GND 9 GND 10 GND
11 5V 12 5V 13 5V 14 GND 15 GND
arcade/namco_cyber_lead_pinouts.txt · Last modified: 2024/07/06 14:52 by NFG